4 college boys held for attempt to murder

COIMBATORE: Four students of SNR Sons College were arrested on Saturday for attempting to murder a daily wage labourer who has been admitted in a private hospital in critical condition at Avarampalayam in the city.

The four students were identified as G Aswin alias Aswinkumar, 21, N Sivaramachandran, 22, K Vignesh alias Vikki, 20 and S Karthikeyan, 21, all studying final year Bcom(computer application) at SNR sons College at Nava India in the city. Sivaram has been lodged at Coimbatore Central Prison and the other three have been lodged at Borstal school, Pollachi.

The injured persons were identified as Prabhu, 28 and his fiend Kalaiarasan, 26, both hailing from Sundarapuram. Prabhu was reportedly attacked with a stone on his head by the four students and he has been admitted at a private hospital. Kalaiarasan sustained minor injuries and has been admitted at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

Police said, the four students were consuming liquor at Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation bar at Dhanalakshmi Nagar on Friday evening. Prabhu, Kalaiarasan and their friends Sathish from Singanallur and Arun Kumar, 19, from Dhanalakshmi Nagar, working in the auto industry in Avarampalayam were also consuming liquor at the same Tasmac bar. The four students began teasing Prabhu and his friends. Prabhu and his gang warned the students. Ten more students from the college had gathered near the bar.

Prabhu and Kalaiarasan were attacked by the students. One of the students took a stone and attacked Prabhu who sustained deep injuries on his head. The students managed to escape. Prabhu and Kalaiarasan were rushed to the hospital.

Prabhu's friend Arun Kumar lodged a complaint with Race Course police on Saturday morning. The students were booked under section 147(rioting), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapon), 307 (attempt to murder) and 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. The police arrested the students near Nava India signal on Saturday evening.

When contacted SNR Sons College Principal H Balakrishnan said the college management would take stringent action against the students who participated in the violent attack.